In Language Arts class we have just finished reading Act 1 of Midsummer Nights Dream By William Shakespeare.
What happened in the first scene was that Theseus the Duke of Athens was getting married to Queen Hippolyta on the new moon. The whole town is getting ready to celebrate. Meanwhile Egeus became angry at his daughter Hermia for disrespecting him, because she refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus takes Hermia to Theseus and says she does not want to marry Demetrius and that you have to because Hermia belongs to Egeus. Hermia explains she does not want to marry Demetrius because she is in love with Lysander. But Egeus thinks that Lysander is just saying those things to his daughter and doesnt really love her. So Theseus tells Hermia if you don't marry Demetrius you will be sent as a nun and will never see a man ever again or you will be killed. He gave her a decision and the decision was due at the New Moon. Everyone leaves except Lysander and Hermia. They make a plan to escape and elope in the woods. Helena walks in Lysander and Hermia tell her their plan. Since Helena is jealous of Hermia she planned to tell Demetrius the plan so she can get praised by him for that one second.
Quince was casting the roles to the play that they were going to preform for the wedding. He picked the partners and Bottom thinks he can do everything on stage and is very self centered. Even though he really isn't anything at all. The crew plans to meet in the woods the same night that Lysander and Hermia decided to meet there. They decided that place because they want it to be a surprise and do not want the people of Athens to see it.
What happened in the first scene was that Theseus the Duke of Athens was getting married to Queen Hippolyta on the new moon. The whole town is getting ready to celebrate. Meanwhile Egeus became angry at his daughter Hermia for disrespecting him, because she refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus takes Hermia to Theseus and says she does not want to marry Demetrius and that you have to because Hermia belongs to Egeus. Hermia explains she does not want to marry Demetrius because she is in love with Lysander. But Egeus thinks that Lysander is just saying those things to his daughter and doesnt really love her. So Theseus tells Hermia if you don't marry Demetrius you will be sent as a nun and will never see a man ever again or you will be killed. He gave her a decision and the decision was due at the New Moon. Everyone leaves except Lysander and Hermia. They make a plan to escape and elope in the woods. Helena walks in Lysander and Hermia tell her their plan. Since Helena is jealous of Hermia she planned to tell Demetrius the plan so she can get praised by him for that one second.
Quince was casting the roles to the play that they were going to preform for the wedding. He picked the partners and Bottom thinks he can do everything on stage and is very self centered. Even though he really isn't anything at all. The crew plans to meet in the woods the same night that Lysander and Hermia decided to meet there. They decided that place because they want it to be a surprise and do not want the people of Athens to see it.
Simone I am commenting about your poll, I think that Shakespeare wasn't sexist for the time period he was in, I mean think about it that back then people who were amateurs in theatre were given female parts because those were like the "small" roles, so maybe today if he wrote that stuff he would but not back then.
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